Vancouver, BC - A2Z Technologies Canada Corp. ("A2Z" or the "Company") (TSXV: AZ) announced today the listing of the Company's shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) under the symbol A23."The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is a highly recognized exchange, and we view this as being very beneficial to further creating shareholder value. Having a Frankfurt listing presence increases our exposure and...Read More
Past trends help us grapple with alarming pullbacks following all-time highsThe S&P 500 Index (SPX) fell into "correction territory" as coronavirus news unfolded last week. Correction territory is defined as a 10% pullback. Not only did the index pull back double-digits from an all-time high, it did so at alarming rate. In six trading days, the S&P 500 went from closing at an all-time high, to dow...Read More
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Aerial view of Tapajos River (Credit: Shutterstock) Brazilian Ministry of Mines, at the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) released a catalog with prospective maps to attract new investments in mineral research in the country. The catalog identifies areas in Caraj??s (copper and gold), Juma (gold), Nova Brasil??ndia (zinc, lead and copper) and Martino...Read More
It's expected that there will be strong demand for the kind of oil that Teck's Frontier oilsands mine would have supplied, but questions remain over whether the project would have been economically competitive. Image from RachenStocker, Shutterstock. Even if Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B) had not fallen on its sword, and even if the federal government had greenlighted the Frontier oilsands project i...Read More
Image: Limited Edition Hot Wheels Cybertruck The value of metals used in batteries for the nascent electric vehicle industry measured for the first timeIt is worth remembering that the first all-electric vehicle to use a lithium-ion battery - the Tesla roadster - only rolled off assembly lines in 2008. The inaugural MINING.COM EV Metals Index shows an industry in better shape than what tanki...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 3 that are worth another look.Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group will complete the acquisition of British Steel on Monday March 9, the UK steel trade union Community said on March 3.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose at the end of February, having stalled in the previous week.Brazil's iron o...Read More
The US Midwest aluminium premium fell in the week ended Tuesday March 3 to its lowest since February 2018, but other global premiums remained well supported by the contango in nearby spreads on the London Metal Exchange.Canadian rail situation resolvedEyes on April-May spreads in RotterdamMJP second-quarter negotiations begin.US Midwest premium at 2-year lowIn the United States, the Midwest alumin...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 3.Click on...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 3 that are worth another look.Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group will complete the acquisition of British Steel on Monday March 9, the UK steel trade union Community said on March 3.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose at the end of February, having stalled in the previous week.Brazil's iron o...Read More
A buildup of manganese ore at Chinese ports is set to escalate in the coming weeks when a jump in fresh imports adds to a spillover of material into minor ports, manganese market sources predict. Manganese ore stocks in main Chinese ports stand at 4.64-4.85 million tonnes according to Fastmarkets' latest assessment on Monday March 2, compared with 4.52-4.64 million tonnes at the end of 2019....Read More
Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose at the end of February, having stalled in the previous week. Fastmarkets' copper concentrates TC/RC index, cif Asia Pacific came in at $66.80 per tonne / 6.68 cents per lb on Friday February 28, reaching an 11-month high. The index is up from $65.80 / 6.58 cents the week prior and $65.80 / 6.58 cents a fortnight ago. Chinese smel...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 3 that are worth another look.Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group will complete the acquisition of British Steel on Monday March 9, the UK steel trade union Community said on March 3.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose at the end of February, having stalled in the previous week.Brazil's iron o...Read More
Germanium demand has surged thanks to its use in infrared thermometers for fever screening which have been installed at airports, railway stations, long-distance bus stations and ferry terminals across China as part of measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).Infrared optics, including heat detectors, account for about 30% of total demand for germanium, according to data...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico edged down for five grades, while five other grades were stable, amid adjustments applied by some buyers in the week ended Friday February 28.At least one buyer in Mexico was heard applying a 200-pesos ($10.18) price cut late last week, because of a comfortable level of inventories, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel scrap No1 heavy mel...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued to stay away from the deep-sea scrap market on Tuesday March 3, amid firm offer prices (especially from the United States), sources told Fastmarkets.After buying at least 25 cargoes of about 750,000 tonnes in February, the mills halted purchasing activity at the beginning of last week.The most recent deep-sea transactions had put the price of Baltic Sea- and...Read More
Shindachi - a Japanese grade of busheling - is one of the cleanest and highest-yield materials in the scrap sector, but a sharp drop in prices over the last year has made the product increasingly attractive to overseas buyers.A combination of weaker demand among Japanese mills and slower buying from South Korea have left scrap market participants with the expectation that more Shindachi cargoes wo...Read More
After strong rallies in US equities at the start of the week that saw the Down Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) close up by 5.09%, markets are getting some comfort this morning from the prospect of easier monetary policy, which is helping them keep the negative impacts from the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the background.Most Asian equity markets are stronger this morning, but have not been as...Read More
Spot-market activity during the first month of Fastmarkets' daily monitoring of cobalt prices has been slow because of the consequences of the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, and followed small gains in prices during trading in January.Price movesMetals prices, for both standard and alloy-grade cobalt, continued to climb, albeit incrementally. Buyers were making frequent inquiries, with the...Read More